Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src Makefile.global.in makefiles/ ...

This patch needs to be reverted. It causes the compilation environment
seen by the makefiles to be different from what is dealt with in
configure, which creates a recipe for desaster. If additional "rpaths"
are to be added to the linker flags, it needs to be done in configure
before any tests that invoke the linker.

As a side note, I would even question that the patch as it stands is
generally useful: Consider the case that one has libraries in the
non-standard directories that are now covered by the additional rpath
flags. How could configure even produce reliable results if it doesn't
have access to those presumably relevant libraries?

Bruce Momjian writes:

>
> OK, Peter, here is Billie's patch.
>
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>
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> >
> > > OK, how do we proceed?
> >
> > To be honest, I haven't even seen the patch yet, only a description. I
> > can't find the actual patch in my local mailboxes or in the archives on
> > the web. The idea sounds right and it should be expanded to all
> > platforms, but it needs to be considered carefully. Rpaths are awfully
> > messy.
> >
> > > If we back it out, how does Billy get this working for his system?
> >
> > The same way everybody else does.
> >
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